Bone ultrasound velocity of appropriately grown for gestational age concordant twins

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 269-273

  Littner, Yoav ^a,b   Mandel, Dror ^a,b   Cohen, Shlomi ^a,b   Mimouni, Francis B ^a,b   Dollberg, Shaul ^a,b  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Concordance; Twin; Ultrasound velocity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BONE; BONE STRENGTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; NEWBORN; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; TIBIA; TWINS;

EID: 3142543730     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-829873     Document Type: Article

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